EP012: Here Comes the Squirtle Squad

“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”

This is the Best and Worst of Pokémon, episode 12. Oh, just so you know, from next week, this blog will be updated on Monday. Mark your calendars, all five regular readers. In other news, I reviewed the new Doctor Who game, Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock for Caffeine-Fueled this week. Check it out if you’re interested.

This episode is Here Comes the Squirtle Squad and is the final episode of the “Ash gets the Kanto starters” trilogy. It’s a pretty good episode, even if the premise and resolution are pretty filmsy. But how much grounded writing can you expected about an episode featuring sunglasses-wearing turtles who are up to no good? As a challenge to myself, this week is a Mutant Turtle free zone. Cowabunga, dudes.

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5 thoughts on “EP012: Here Comes the Squirtle Squad”

So, why would the Squirtle run from the police? Can you arrest and charge Pokémon? Wouldn’t that be more of an animal control situation? Are there Big Serious Questions regarding the definitions of sentience involved? WHERE DID THEY GET THOSE SUNGLASSES

Randosays:

while i do find the toned down translations hilarious, this episode (in its original script anyway) does seem rather violent, comparatively… team rocket goes from kidnapping pokemon in sentient rubber balloons to blowing them up? were the writers at particularly difficult places in their lives that week?

of course, the unrelenting violence was precisely what made my mom decide i couldn’t watch power rangers as a kid, though i don’t think she’s ever seen an episode. with that in mind, i’m kind of surprised she was okay with adorable dogfighting japanese monsters.